61% of Ugandans do not have access to a clean source of water
24 million people do not have access to clean drinking water in Uganda
Difficulties in accessing water treatment facilities make them resort to drinking the contaminated water
Uganda spends $21 million each year on medical care for water-borne diseases
Poor water sanitation costs Uganda around $177million USD annually
90% of Ugandans live in small towns and rural areas, and of those, around ⅔ of people lack access to safe water
They only have water during the rainy season, so they resort to digging holes to get to ground water which is full of contaminants
The Ugandan government’s goal is to give everyone access to clean drinking water by 2040
For Uganda to achieve the MDG in water, every year for the next seven years there will have to be
1,000 new wells or boreholes with handpumps and 30 piped systems
Approximately 23,000 Ugandans, including 19,700 children under 5, die each year from diarrhea
There is a very high risk of contracting water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, and is one of the leading
causes of death for children under the age of 5
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Facts & Stats on the World's Water Crisis:
There are 844 million people in the world without access to safe drinking water
Diarrhea caused by dirty water and poor toilets kills a child under 5 every 2 minutes
Open defecation, pit latrines, and other pollutants captured in runoff contaminate swamps, ponds, boreholes, and hand-pumped wells which
are a main source of drinking water for most of Uganda
Around the world, up to 443 million school days are lost every year because of water-related illnesses
If everyone in the world had access to clean water, the number of diarrhoeal deaths would be cut by ⅓
Every year there are 502, 000 diarrhoeal deaths due to contaminated water
Water scarcity affects 1 in 3 people in the African Region
Globally, at least 1.8 billion people use a drinking-water source contaminated with feces
By 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas
